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Saturday, January 31, 2004

KartOO is a metasearch engine with visual display interfaces. When you click on OK, KartOO launches the query to a set of search engines, gathers the results, compiles them and represents them in a series of interactive maps through a proprietary algorithm.

Scrappleface has a great line on the National Endowment for the Art, which is described as "a government agency which distributes taxpayer dollars to artists whose work is so good they cannot make a living doing it."

Friday, January 30, 2004

HEADS WILL ROLL III

Andrew Gilligan has resigned:

In his statement, Gilligan conceded that some of his story on the government's Iraq dossier was wrong, adding: "I again apologise for it. My departure is at my own initiative. But the BBC collectively has been the victim of a grave injustice."

Thursday, January 29, 2004

WHICH PARTY IS POLITICIZING THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS?

Fairjudiciary.com has a complete set of the memos Democratic senators don't want you to see. As you recall, these memos clearly demonstrate the collusion between far-left watchdog groups and folks like Senator Chuck Schumer. One memo urged Senator Dick Durbin to help defeat the nomination of Miguel Estrada because, among other things, Mr. Estrada "is Latino."

Imagine, just imagine! What is a GOP senator had said such things?? I think you know the answer.

With the resignation of BBC Director Greg Dyke, has the resignations "Dyke" opened? Will we be finally rid of Andrew "Sexed Up" Gilligan? Who else will resign? And get this (from the Guardian):

And in a dramatic sequence of events, the acting chairman Lord Ryder issued an "unreserved apology" for the "errors" of the past six months.

Mr Dyke's departure has come as a body blow to the corporation that he had led for the last four years. Staff caught on camera in the scrum that engulfed Mr Dyke as he left Broadcasting House at lunchtime today were seen wiping away tears as he read his statement.

Poor staffers. And Lord Ryder's apology should be addressed to Mr. Blair personally.

Lord Hutton's report, which completely exonerates Prime Minister Tony Blair and slams the BBC, has resulted in the first resignation over the BBC's "sexed up" report about the death of Dr. David Kelly (from the Telegraph):

Gavyn Davies, the BBC chairman, has tendered his resignation after Lord Hutton described the corporation as "defective" in his report into the death of Dr David Kelly.

The BBC's press office has not confirmed the move but Andrew Marr, the BBC's political editor, reported that Mr Davies, a close friend of Labour leaders, would quit at a meeting this evening.

The news came after Greg Dyke, the BBC's director general, apologised for "certain key allegations" made by Andrew Gilligan, the Today reporter whose story started the row between the corporation and the Government.